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L. F. EDWARDS.

CORN AND PEA PLANTER.

No. 355,009. Patented Dec. 28, 1886-.

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PATENT CORN AND PEA PLAN'TER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,009, dated December28, 1886.

Application filed April 9, 1886. Serial No; 198,308. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, LEMUEL F. Enwanns, of Crawford, Oglethorpe county,State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCorn and Pea Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of planters in which a verticalseed-slide is operated by a connection to a drivewhee]; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described,reference being had to the annexed drawings, .in whioh- Figure 1represents a side elevation of the planter; Fig. 2, a cross-section onthe line w w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a detail view ofthe inner side ofthe seed-slide and hopper support, forming one side of the hopper.

For simplicity and cheapness of construction I use an ordinaryplow-beam, A, to which I attach the planting mechanism so that the samemay at any time be removed and the plow used in the usual manner; alsoby means of the same bolts that secure the handles B to the beam Ifasten the covers 0, which may be of any ordinary or approvedconstruction.

In front of the plow D, which acts as an opener, I secure thedrive-wheel E, which is provided with a crank-shaft, F, by means of ahanger, G, secured to and straddling the plowbeam, the depending arms ofthe said hanger forming at their lower ends journal-bearings for theshaft F.

The hopper for the material to be planted consists of an uprightsupporting-piece, H, constituting one side of the said hopper, and ashell, I, of metal or other suitable material secured to the supportingpieceor side H,-and preferably of semi-conical shape, so as to directthe contents of the hopper to the contracted space at the bottom thereofadjacent to the seed-slide.

The supporting side H may be attached to the beam in any suitablemanner; but I prefer to use a bolt, as at K, to secure the said side tothe beam, and also attach it to one of the handles, as at L.

The seed-slide M moves vertically in aguiding-groove, N, in the innerface of the side H 'of the hopper, and is provided with an inclinedaperture, 0, which forms a seed-cup. The vertical movement to the saidseed-slide is imparted by a short rock-shaft, P, extend ing through theside H near the upper front end and carrying arms R and S, one arm beingon the inner end of the said shaft and extending through a staple oreye, T, on the slide, and the other arm being on the outer end of thesaid shaft and connected by a pitman, U, tothe crank-shaft F, on whichis carried the drive-wheel E. The revolution of the said drive-wheel bymeans of the pitman U causes the shaft P to oscillate, and the saidshaft P, by means of the arm R, extendingthrough the eye T, imparts tothe slide M a vertical reciprocation in the guiding-groove N. Leadingfrom the said groove N, through the side H of the hopper'and to the tubeV, secured to the exterior of said side H, and which delivers the seedto the ground, is an aperture or passage, WV, inclined correspondinglyto-the passage or seedcup 0 in the seed-slide. Secured to the interiorof the side H, and extending laterally across the groove N, is aretainingstrip, Y, located to cover the seed-cup of the slide when thesaid cup is coincident with the passage \V in the side H. The seedeupiuthe slide travels from the lowest point in the hop per upward to thepassage W' in the side H, through which the seed escapes and falls tothe ground, and then the cup is returned to the bottom of the hopper,and thus continues the operation of dropping the seed to the ground atintervals of greater orless duration, the length of the said intervalsdepending on the size of the drive-wheel. The seed-cup being inclinedwill receive and retainthe grain until it reaches the escape-passage,and the strip Y will prevent the escape of any seed not carried by thecup, will also prevent the cup from carrying more than a predeterminedquantity of seed, and also acts as a retaining-strip for maintaining theseed-slide in itsguiding-groove. The tube V leads from the escapepassagein the hopper to a position to the rear of the opener, and drops theseed in the furrow, or the tube may terminate in a shoe, whereby theseed may be planted at a suitable depth.

The planter is designed more especially for corn and peas, but may beused for other grain or seed. Being of such construction that theplanting mechanism is adaptable to an ordinary plow without impairingthe utility of the said plow, the planter is of mor e economicalconstruction than those which require supportingframcs of specialconstruction.

I do not claim, broadly, a seed-slide reciprocating in a substantiallyvertical direction, as I am aware that the same isnot new; but myinvention is distinguished from such a construction in that I provide agroove in one side of the hopper and seat the seed-slide therein, thusobviating the use of guides or of slides, which project into the hopperand prevent all the seed from reaching the seed-cup, more or less beingretained by the corners of the projecting parts, while in myconstruction all the seed will gravitate to the seedcup, and henceshould I desire, after planting one kind of seed, to plant another kind,none of the first kind of seed would remain and mix with the latterkind.

' While I do not claim, broadly, a drivewhcel and connections to aseed-slide, I have found the construction I employ to be simple andeifcctive in connection with the slide I use.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claim In a seed-planter, the combination, with a hopperhaving a vertical groove in one side, of a vertically-reciprocatingseed-slide seated in said groove flush with the interior of the hopper,a rock shaft extending through one side of the hopper and carrying anarm at each end, the arm on the inner end being connected with theslide, a drive-wheel, and a pitman extending from said drive-wheel tothe arm on the outer end of the said rockshaft, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEMUEL F. EDWVARDS.

\Vitnesscs:

E. G. PEoK, N. D. ARNOLD.

